Iodine Content of Salt Use after Years of Universal Iodization Policy and Knowledge on Iodized Salt among Households in the Sissala East Municipality in Upper West Region of Ghana

Table 3

Factors associated with iodized salt usage in the households.

Attribute	Iodine content in salt		Pearson Chi^2		OR (95% CI) value	AOR (95% CI) value
	Inadequate	Adequate	Chi^2	value
	n = 230 (%)	n = 181 (%)
Age (years)
18–27	109 (47.4)	89 (49.2)	4.014	0.675	—
28–37	72 (31.3)	57 (31.5)			0.91 (0.58–1.40) 0.686
38–47	27 (11.7)	21 (11.6)			0.90 (0.74–1.60) 0.735
48–57	22 (9.6)	14 (7.7)			0.51 (0.24–1.01) 0.081
Educational level
None	116 (50.4)	62 (34.3)	41.676	≤0.001
Basic	72 (31.3)	45 (24.9)			1.29 (0.79–2.10) 0.301	1.31 (0.77–2.23) 0.326
Secondary	23 (10.0)	33 (18.2)			2.97 (1.60–5.51) 0.002	2.34 (1.16–4.72) 0.017
Tertiary	19 (8.3)	41 (22.6)			6.21 (3.20–12.05) 0.001	5.80 (1.57–21.41) 0.008
Occupation
None	29 (12.6)	42 (23.2)	48.525	0.003
Petty trade	21 (9.1)	34 (18.8)			1.23 (0.55–2.76) 0.611	2.68 (0.70–4.07) 0.248
Farming	162 (70.5)	69 (38.1)			2.29 (0.17–0.81) 0.002	2.43 (0.22–0.83) 0.012
Formal job	18 (7.8)	36 (19.9)			1.64 (0.77–3.48) 0.197	2.52 (0.14–1.99) 0.343
Marital status
Single	28 (12.2)	39 (21.5)	7.194	0.117	—
Married	202 (87.8)	142 (78.5)			0.46 (0.25–1.84) 0.128
Religion
Christianity	18 (7.8)	28 (15.5)	16.363	0.042	—	—
Islam	212 (92.2)	153 (84.5)			0.46 (0.24–0.86) 0.016	0.84 (0.36–1.98) 0.698
Ethnicity
Sissala	206 (89.6)	148 (81.8)	24.981	0.002
Dagaaba	13 (5.6)	16 (8.8)			0.53 (0.13–2.24) 0.389	0.53 (0.11–2.51) 0.426
Kassena	11 (4.8)	17 (9.4)			0.39 (0.03–0.31) 0.004	0.40 (0.04–0.52) 0.013
Knowledge level
Poor	159 (69.1)	82 (45.3)	27.23	≤0.001	—	—
Good	71 (30.9)	99 (54.7)			2.70 (1.80–14.05) 0.002	3.20 (2.34–36.01) 0.001